Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Nov. 18


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Edge AI Safety: Agentic AI Architecture That Leverages 3D To Integrate A Dedicated Safety Layer (Princeton, HKUST, NC State Univ.)


A new technical paper titled "3D Guard-Layer: An Integrated Agentic AI Safety System for Edge Artificial Intelligence" was published by researchers at Princeton University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and North Carolina State University. Abstract "AI systems have found a wide range of real-world applications in recent years. The adoption of edge artificial intelligence, ... » read more

Mitigating Structural Defects During The Growth Of 2D vdW Chalcogenides By MBE (Penn State Univ.)


A new technical paper titled "Mitigation of Structural Defects during the Growth of 2D van der Waals Chalcogenides by Molecular Beam Epitaxy" was published by researchers at Penn State University. Abstract "The growth of wafer-scale van der Waals (vdW) thin films and heterostructures by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) is important for future applications in quantum technologies, next-generatio... » read more

Edge AI Is Starting To Transform Industrial IoT


A slew of wireless and increasingly multi-modal sensors is being targeted at the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), setting the stage for significant improvements in efficiency, higher yield, and reduced downtime. Wired IIoT devices, such as smart energy meters and breakers, industrial network gateways, and environmental sensors already are well established in factory settings. They have ... » read more

New Interconnect Materials Beyond Copper (Florida State Univ., Cornell)


A new technical paper titled "Shrinking interconnects beyond copper" was published by researchers at Florida State University and Cornell University. Excerpt "The continuous downscaling of transistors in integrated circuits following Moore’s law—doubling the number of transistors on a microchip about every 2 years—has been an extraordinary feat of engineering, pushing the limits of fu... » read more

Comparative Analysis of CFET and NSFET Architectures (TU Munich, IIT)


A new technical paper titled "Impact of Aging, Self-Heating, and Parasitics Effects on NSFET and CFET" was published by researchers at TU Munich and Indian Institute of Technology. Abstract "This work presents a comparative analysis of complementary field-effect transistor (CFET) and nanosheet FET (NSFET) architectures, with a focus on self-heating effects (SHEs), negative bias temperature ... » read more

Advanced Process Control In Semiconductor Manufacturing


Fifth in a seven-part series: Advanced process control for semiconductor wafers is evolving in ways that can significantly improve yield and reduce scrap. As dimensions shrink, the need to improve manufacturing processes and reduce variability requires more precision. "Classic" APC was a step in the right direction, identifying problems in a process chamber, for example, and automating adjustme... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Samsung reportedly is hiking memory chip prices by 30% to 60% due to high demand from AI data centers and constrained supplies. Those shortages are causing ripples elsewhere. SMIC, China's largest foundry, said its customers are holding back orders for other types of semiconductor due to concerns about memory supplies. Meanwhile, interest in photonics and power semiconductors is picking up, ... » read more

Noise: A Chip Killer


Noise has always been important to communications experts, but it's quickly becoming an issue that every semiconductor designer has to contend with. Some chips already have been compromised. Noise can be defined as any deviation from the ideal that can impact intended functionality. When it comes to semiconductors, that could mean the ability to reliably extract a signal value at the intende... » read more

Opportunities And Challenges With Open-Source Hardware In System Development


For many years now, there has been a trend toward open source in the field of system development. It can be seen in software libraries for the product itself as well as in development tools. A clear motivation for open source lies in the fact that not charging license fees makes a product more attractive on the market. It may also enable further development of the software component, dependi... » read more

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